First State Parliament Members Confirmed After Burgenland Election

There are some new deputies in the ranks of SPÖ and FPÖ after the Burgenland election. The already known representatives of the ÖVP all have experience as deputies.

SPÖ and FPÖ with New Faces After Burgenland Election

Among the Reds, who will only have 17 and thus two fewer mandates in the future, there will be shifts due to the formation of the government. However, party leader Hans Peter Doskozil, Deputy Governor Astrid Eisenkopf, and State Councillors Heinrich Dorner and Daniela Winkler won basic mandates in the individual districts. Parliament President Robert Hergovich and the previous members of parliament Elisabeth Böhm, Kilian Brandstätter, Christian Dax, Roman Kainrath, Claudia Schlager and Rita Stenger are back in. New to the parliament are Jürgen Dolesch, former National Council member Christian Drobits, regional manager for South Burgenland Fabio Halb and the mayor of Schattendorf Thomas Hoffmann. On the state list are club chairman Roland Fürst and the mayor of Bad Sauerbrunn Gerhard Hutter. The Freedom Party has a prominent new addition with the former Third National Council President Norbert Hofer. The top candidate won the direct mandate in his home district Oberwart. Direct mandates were also achieved by the previous club chairman Johann Tschürtz, former National Council member Christian Ries, Mario Jaksch and Sandro Waldmann. In total, the FPÖ can now occupy nine mandates.

Burgenland Election: ÖVP and Greens with Already Known Faces in the Parliament

The ÖVP only has eight parliamentary seats left. Club chairman Markus Ulram, the mayor of Eisenstadt Thomas Steiner, state manager Patrik Fazekas and Hans Unger achieved a basic mandate. Two of the four state list mandates go to Christian Sagartz and Carina Laschober-Luif. The remaining two mandates will be decided in the next few days. All have already had parliamentary experience. There is no change for the Greens. They still have two seats and thus also club status. State spokeswoman Anja Haider-Wallner and the previous member of parliament Wolfgang Spitzmüller will be moving in.

A possible government participation of FPÖ, ÖVP or Greens could of course ensure that new faces follow. Governor Doskozil had announced after the election that he wanted to hold talks with all parties in the next few days according to the election result. Doskozil announced a decision on who to start coalition negotiations with for next Monday.

(APA/Red)

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